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1 156 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix I: Structure of the ASEM Process Heads of State and Gover Political Dialogue Overall process management Economic Pillar Economic Min. Finance Min. AEBF SOMTI Deputies Steering Committee Economic Co-ordinators Core Group Working Groups IPAP IEG shepherds TFAP TFAP shepherds, Facilitators: Standards, IPR, Govt. procurement, SPS, Distribution, e-commerce. Custom Genera Eur Com ASEM Trust Fund EFEX Procedures Source: ASEM Infoboard 2007, Asia Europe Meeting, <

2 Appendix I 157 SUMMIT nment, President of the European Commission Foreign Ministers SOM Vision Group Co-ordinators Political Pillar Cultural, Intellectual, P2P Pillar Ad hoc ministerials: S&T, environment, migratory flows Other Activities: e.g.: Cultural Heritage, Asia-Europe Young Leaders Symposium, educational exchange, migratory flows, Young Parliamentarians Meeting, Child Welfare ASEF Directorsl and the opean mission Enforcement Acronyms: AEBP: Asia-Europe Business Forum ASEF: Asia-Europe Foundation EFEX: European Financial Expertise Network IPAP: Investment Promotion Action Plan IPR: Intellectual Property Rights S&T: Science and Technology SOM: Senior Officials Meeting SOMTI: Senior Officials Meeting on Trade and Investment SPS: Sanitary-Phytosanitary Standards TFAP: Trade Promotion Action Plan ucture.pdf> (accessed 7 November 2007).

3 158 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix II: The Development of the ASEM Process, Year Asian coordinators ASEM Pre-summit official meetings Culminating events (ASEM Summits) ASEAN: Singapore (then Thailand as 3 Senior Official Meetings (SOMs) from mid-1995 First Summit the host country) between Senior Official of ASEAN countries and 1 2 March 1996, Non-ASEAN: Japan the EU (Yeo 2003) Bangkok (CAEC 1997) ASEAN: Singapore ASEM Coordinators Meeting: Second Summit Non-ASEAN: Japan 15 June1996, Rome 3 4 April 1998, (CAEC 1997) 11 July1996, Singapore London 22 July 1996, Jakarta 24 January 1997, Jakarta 26 July 1997, Kuala Lumpur 28 September 1997, Makuhari 13 January 1998, Tokyo March 1998, Bangkok Working Group Meeting (WGM): 7 8 February 1997, ASEM Customs (EWG) March 1997, ASEM Customs (PWG) 30 April 1997, for Finance MM 3 4 September 1997, for Finance MM Senior Official Meeting (SOM) 25 July 1996 Brussels (SOMTI-1): examining ways to promote economic cooperation

4 Appendix II December 1996 (SOM-1), Dublin February 1997 (SOM-2), Singapore 5 6 June 1997 (SOMTI-2), Tokyo 26 September 1997, Hong Kong 30 October 1997, Luxemburg 5 6 February 1998 (SOMTI-3), Brussels February 1998 (SOM-3), London 2 April 1998 (SOM-4), London Ministerial Meeting (MM): 30 January 1997 first Economic MM, Makuhari, Japan February 1997 first Foreign MM Singapore (17 February: Foreign MM launched ASEF) 25 April 1997 (Economic MM Coordinator preparatory Meeting) the Hague 7 June 1997 (Economic MM Coordinator preparatory Meeting), Tokyo 19 September 1997, first Finance MM, Bangkok, Thailand ASEAN: Thailand ASEM Coordinators Meeting: Third Summit 26 July 1998, Manila, Philippines October Non-ASEAN: Korea 29 January 1999, Berlin, Germany 2000, (Kim 2006, p. 62) Seoul (Reiterer 2001, p. 6) Working Group Meeting (WGM): 5 October 1998, Finn Officials Core Group Meeting, Washington, DC 18 December 1998, Financial Deputies Meeting, Vienna, Austria continued on next page

5 160 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix II cont d Year Asian coordinators ASEM Pre-summit official meetings Culminating events (ASEM Summits) 18 December 1999, Financial Deputies Meeting, Vienna, Austria 14 September 2000, Financial Deputies Meeting, France Senior Official Meeting (SOM): 5 6 March 1998 (SOMTI-3), Brussels, Belgium 24 July 1998 (SOMTI Coordinators Meeting), \ Bangkok, Thailand October 1998 (SOM IV), Bangkok, Thailand 27 November 1998 (SOMTI Coordinators Meeting), Geneva, Switzerland February 1999 (SOMTI), Singapore March 1999 (SOM), Berlin, Germany 7 8 July 1999 (SOMTI V), Brussels, Belgium 2 4 November 1999 (SOM), Finland 2 3 May 2000 (SOM), Lisbon, Portugal May 2000 (SOMTI), Seoul, Korea September 2000 (SOM), Seoul, Korea Ministerial Meeting (MM): 9 10 October 1998 Economic MM, Berlin, Germany January 1999, second Finance MM, Frankfurt, Germany

6 Appendix II March 1999, second Foreign MM, Berlin, Germany 9 10 October 1999, second Economic MM, Berlin, Germany October 1999, firsr Science and Technology MM, Beijing, China ASEAN: Vietnam (Vietnam Development Ministerial Meeting (MM): Fourth Summit gateway 2010; ASEAN Vietnam 2010) January 2001, third Finance MM, Kobe September May 2001, third Foreign MM, Beijing, China 2002, Non-ASEAN: September 2001, third Economic MM, Hanoi, Copenhagen Vietnam January 2002, first Environment MM, Beijing, China June 2002, fourth Foreign MM, Madrid, Spain September 2002, fourth Economic MM, Copenhagen, Denmark ASEAN: Vietnam (ASEAN Vietnam 2010) ASEM Coordinators Meeting (CM): Fifth Summit January 2003, Brussels, Belgium 8 9 October 2004, Non-ASEAN: Japan (MOFA-Japan 2010) 7 8 July 2003, Tokyo, Japan Hanoi 25 February 2003, Economic CM, Tokyo, Japan 14 April 2003, Economic CM, Brussels, Belgium 16 January 2004, Dublin, Ireland 5 March 2004, Economic CM, Hanoi, Vietnam 5 March 2004, Economic CM, Dublin, Ireland 10 March 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam 9 July 2004, Tokyo, Japan 6 7 October 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam continued on next page

7 162 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix II cont d Year Asian coordinators ASEM Pre-summit official meetings Culminating events (ASEM Summits) Working Group Meeting (WGM): 6 May 2003, first Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership, Madrid, Spain 7 8 June 2003, ASEM Deputy Finance Ministers Meeting, Bali, Indonesia 8 9 September 2003, second Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership, Tokyo, Japan November 2003, third Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership, Frankfurt, Germany March 2004, ASEM Task Force Economic pillar, Bangkok, Thailand March 2004, fourth Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership, Bangkok, Thailand 17 May 2004, fifth Meeting of Taskforce for Closer Economic Partnership, Barcelona, Spain Senior Official Meeting (SOM): 6 June 2003, SOMTI, Paris November 2003, Informal SOM, Rome 2 3 March 2004, Asian SOM, Vietnam 16 April 2004, ASEM SOM on preparation of Foreign MM, Kildare, Ireland 24 April 2004, ASEM Core Group Meeting, Washington DC

8 Appendix II June 2004, SOMTI, Qing Dao, China 5 October 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam Ministerial Meeting (MM): 5 6 July 2003, fifth Finance MM, Bali, Indonesia July 2003, fifth Foreign MM, Bali, Indonesia July 2003, fifth Economic MM, Dalian, China October 2003, second Environment MM, Lecce, Italy December 2003, first Culture MM, Beijing, China April 2004, sixth Foreign MM, Kildare, Ireland ASEAN: Indonesia ASEM Coordinators Meeting: Sixth Summit January 2006, Jeju Island, Korea September Non-ASEAN: Korea (Ministry of May 2006, Singapore 2006, Foreign Affairs of Finland 2006) June, Hämeenlinna, Finland Helsinki Working Group Meeting (WGM): April 2006, ninth ASEM Customs Enforcement Working Group (EWG), Seoul, Korea May, Openended WGM, Singapore 30 June, Intellectual Property Protection, Bangkok, Thailand Senior Official Meeting (SOM): 8 March 2006, Vienna, Austria June, Hämeenlinna, Finland 9 September, Helsinki, Finland continued on next page

9 164 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix II cont d Year Asian coordinators ASEM Pre-summit official meetings Culminating events (ASEM Summits) Ministerial Meeting (MM): 6 7 May 2005, seventh Foreign MM, Kyoto, Japan June 2005, sixth Finance MM, Tianjin, China June 2005, second Culture MM, Paris, France September 2005, sixth Economic MM, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 8 9 April 2006, seventh Finance MM, Vienna, Austria 3 5 September 2006, Labour MM, Berlin, Germany SOM Coordinators: Japan, Vietnam Working Group Meeting (WGM): Seventh Summit November 2007, SOM Custom, Yokohama, October Econ. Coordinators: Japan, Vietnam Japan 2008, November 2007, SOM Immigration, Seoul, Beijing IEG sherpers: Indonesia, Japan Korea (ASEF Infoboard, 2007) 3 4 June 2008, SOM Labor, Geneva, Switzerland 30 June 1 July 2008, first ASEM Social partners Asian Coordinators: Forum, Brussels, Belgium ASEAN: Brunei December 2006, Kuopio, Finland, fifth ASEM Meeting for Directors General on Non-ASEAN: China Migratory, Kuopio, Finland Senior Official Meeting (SOM): October 2007, Guilin City, China 17 December 2007, SOMTI, Lisbon, Portugal

10 Appendix II March 2008, Ljubljana, Slovenia April 2008, SOMTI, Maribor, Slovenia June 2008, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei June 2008, Beijing, China Ministerial Meeting (MM): 30 November 1 December 2006 ICT MM Hanoi, Vietnam April 2007, third Environment MM Copenhagen, Denmark May 2007, eighth Foreign MM, Hamburg, Germany 29 October 1 November 2007, Small and Medium Enterprises MM, Beijing/Qingdao, China 21 April 2008, third Culture MM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5 6 May, first Education MM, Berlin 16 June 2008, eighth Finance MM, Jeju Island, Korea October 2008, second Labour MM, Bali, Indonesia ASEAN: ASEM Coordinators Meeting: Eighth Summit 6 7 September 2010, Seoul, Korea 4 5 October 2001, Non-ASEAN: 2 October 2010, Brussels, Belgium Brussels Working Group Meeting (WGM): 6 7 May 2010, fourth Meeting of the ASEM WG on Customs Matters (AWC), Hanoi, Vietnam continued on next page

11 166 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix II cont d Year Asian coordinators ASEM Pre-summit official meetings Culminating events (ASEM Summits) Senior Official Meeting (SOM): 25 January 2010, Madrid, Spain 5 6 May 2010, Phnom Penh, Cambodia July 2010, Brussels, Belgium 3 October 2010, Brussels, Belgium Ministerial Meeting (MM): April 2010, ninth Finance MM, Madrid, Spain 17 April 2010, Finance Department Meeting, Madrid, Spain 9 10 September 2010, fourth Culture MM, Poznan, Poland Thematic Forums: 24 March 2010, Working for More Effective Global Governance, Brussels, Belgium 29 March 2010, second ASEM Social Partners Forum, Brussels, Belgium March 2010, High-level Forum on Employment and Social Issues, Brussels, Belgium 30 March 2010, Asia-Europe Learning Mutually, Tokyo, Japan

12 Appendix II April 2010, sixth ASEM Interfaith Dialogue, Madrid & Toledo, Spain April 2010, second Preparatory Meeting for the fourth ASEM Cultural MM, Solo, Indonesia April 2010, ASEM Outlook Workshop, Brussels, Belgium April 2010, Overcoming the Financial Crisis, Nha Trang, Vietnam April 2010, Workshop on Coordinating Cultural Activities for the Enhancement of ASEM Visibility, Ha Long City, Vietnam 4 5 May 2010, ASEM Seminar on Piracy at Sea, Brussels, Belgium 4 5 May 2010, ASEM Conference on Forest, Forest Governance and Forest Products, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 5 May 2010, ASEM Customs Trade Day, Hanoi, Vietnam 6 8 May 2010, ASEM Forum 2010 on Green Growth and Small and Medium Enterprises, Seoul, Korea 19 May 2010, Seminar on the Enforcement of IPRs, Prague, Czech Republic May 2010, second ASEM Development Conference, Yogyakarta, Indonesia June 2010, eighth ASEM Conference on Counter-Terrorism, Brussels, Belgium 14 June 2010, Employment High-level Forum, Geneve, Switzerland continued on next page

13 168 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix II cont d Year Asian coordinators ASEM Pre-summit official meetings Culminating events (ASEM Summits) 5 7 July 2010, ASEM Forum on Sustainable Food Security, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 7 9 July 2010, tenth Informal seminar on Human Rights Gender Equality, Manila, Philippines July 2010, Public Conference on EU-Asia Inter-regional Relations, Brussels, Belgium 6 7 September 2010, first ASEM Climate Change Forum, Ha Long City, Vietnam September 2010, Asia-Europe Parliamentary Meeting (ASEP), Brussels, Belgium September 2010, Workshop Social Protection Floor and Informal Economy, Nice, France 1 October 2010, ASEM People s Forum, Brussels, Belgium 2 5 October 2010, Asia-Europe People Forum (AEPF), Brussels, Belgium 2 3 October 2010, ASEF Connecting Civil Societies of Asia and Europe, Brussels, Belgium 3 October 2010, ASEF Editors Roundtable, Brussels, Belgium 4 October 2010, Asia-Europe Business Forum (AEBF), Brussels, Belgium

14 Appendix II 169 Sources: ASEAN Vietnam 2010, Vietnam in ASEM, < (accessed 27 April 2010). ASEM Infoboard, < /Calendar /Officials Meetings/> (accessed 26 April 2010 and 4 December 2011). Council for Asia-Europe Cooperation (CAEC), The Rationale and Common Agenda for Asia-Europe Cooperation: CAEC Task Force Reports (Tokyo: Japan Centre for International Exchange, 1997). European Commission, 2007b, <//ec.europa.eu /external_ Relations/ase/Asem_summits/asem6/Asem6_list_innitiative.pdf> (accessed 20 November 2007). Gilson, Asia Meets Europe: Inter-Regionalism and the Asia-Europe Meeting (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002). Kim Heunghong, Korea Country Report, in ASEM in Its Tenth Year: Looking Back, Looking Forward, edited by Yamamoto and Yeo (Tokyo: Japan Center for International Exchange, 2006). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Calendar of ASEM Events, 2006, <:\QO_AS\ASEM \ CALENDAR OF ASEM EVENTS DOC.> Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA Japan), < (accessed 26 April 2010). Yeo Lay Hwee, Asia and Europe: The Development and Different Dimensions of ASEM (London: Routledge, 2003). Vietnam Development Gateway, Vietnam An Active Member of ASEM, < (accessed 26 April 2010).

15 170 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix III: Agenda and Issues around ASEM Summits, Summit Agenda Issues Outcomes of the Summit First Summit Strengthening links between Europe-Asia partnership for Chairman s statement: 1 2 March 1996, Asia and Europe for peace, greater growth 1. Towards a common vision for Asia and Bangkok, Thailand global stability, and prosperity Europe 2. Fostering political dialogue 3. Reinforcing economic cooperation 4. Promoting cooperation in other areas 5. Future course of ASEM a. An Asia-Europe Business Forum to hold its inaugural meeting France in b. Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) to be established in Singapore to promote exchange between think-tanks, people, and cultural groups. Second Summit Reaffirming on the partnership The financial crises in Asia dominated A. Chairman s statement: 3 4 April 1998, between Asia and Europe to the second ASEM Summits 1. Developments in the two regions London, UK carry the ASEM process 2. Fostering political dialogue forward. 3. Reinforcing economic cooperation 4. Promoting cooperation on global issues 5. Promoting cooperation in social and cultural issues 6. Taking forward the ASEM process B. Asia-Europe Cooperation Framework

16 Appendix III 171 Third Summit Leaders reaffirmed their 1. The heightening of North Korean A. Chairman s statement: October 2000, commitment to strengthening nuclear issues (Reiterer, 2001) 1. Developments in the two regions Seoul, Korea the Asia-Europe partnership. 2. Prolonged impacts of the financial 2. Fostering political dialogue crisis in East Asian countries 3. Reinforcing cooperation in economic Leaders are to look at the (Reiterer, 2001) and financial fields proposal of the Asia-Europe 3. EU have just launched a new 4. Promoting cooperation in other areas, Cooperation Framework regional currency, Euro including social and cultural issues (AECF). 5. Taking forward the ASEM process B. Seoul Declaration for the peace on Korean Issues: Peninsula extending cooperation to include science and technology field Fourth Summit Issues: review Asia-Europe The heightening of war against A. Chairman s statement: September Cooperation Framework terrorism 1. Political dialogue on the challenges of 2002, (AECF) 2000; extending the twenty-first century Copenhagen, cooperation to include 2. Unity in diversity Denmark environment and migration 3. Recent regional developments 4. Closer economic partnership 5. HRD, social cohesion and environmental cooperation 6. Deepening ASEM cooperation B. Political declaration for the peace on Korean Peninsula C. Declaration on cooperation against international terrorism continued on next page

17 172 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix III cont d Summit Agenda Issues Outcomes of the Summit Fifth Summit Theme: EU resentment on Myanmar A. Chairman s statement: 8 9 October 2004, Further Revitalising and participation in ASEM but ASEAN 1. Deepening political dialogue Hanoi, Vietnam Substantiating the Asia-Europe insisted the inclusion of Myanmar as 2. Closer economic partnership Partnership. the consequence of ASEAN 3. Expanding and strengthening enlargement cooperation in other fields 4. Recent regional developments 5. Taking the ASEM process forward 6. ASEM enlargement B. Recommendation for strategy and sustainability of ASEF C. Recommendation for ASEM working methods D. ASEM work program Sixth Summit Theme: 1. Premature fatigue on ASEM. A. Chairman s statement: September 10 Years of ASEM: Global 2. China s outstanding development years of ASEM 2006, Challenges -Joint Responses and energy needs. 2. Regional developments Helsinki, Finland 3. The robust development of 3. Strengthening multilateralism and Issues: support for the minilateral and bilateral FTAs addressing security theats multilateral international in Asia. 4. Globalization and competitiveness system, security threats, 5. Sustainable development including health threat, energy 6. Dialogue among cultures and civilization security, intercultural dialogues 7. Asia-Europe Foundation 8. The future of ASEM

18 Appendix III 173 B. ASEM 6 Declaration on climate change C. Helsinki Declaration on the future of ASEM Seventh Summit Theme: 1. Financial crisis in the USA A. Chairman s statement: October 2008, Vision and Action: Towards 2. China s economic prowess 1. Promoting political dialogue Beijing, China a Win-Win Solution 2. Advancing economic cooperation 3. Driving sustainable development 4. Furthering social and cultural exchanges 5. The future of ASEM 6. New initiatives 7. Issue based Leadership programmes B. Beijing Declaration on sustainable development C. Statement of the seventh Asia-Europe meeting on the International Financial Situation Eighth Summit Theme: 1. New accession of Russia, Australia A. Chairman s statement: 2010, Greater well-being and more and New Zealand 1. Towards more effective global Brussels, Belgium dignity for all citizens 2. Financial crisis in the USA and economic governance Eurozone 2. Advance on the path of sustainable 3. Maritime security development a. Economic development b. Social cohesion c. Environment protection 3. Global issues in focus a. Piracy at sea continued on next page

19 174 Southeast Asians and the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) Appendix III cont d Summit Agenda Issues Outcomes of the Summit b. Fighting terrorism and combating transnational organized crime c. Disaster prevention and disaster relief d. Human security e. Human rights and democracy f. Dialogue of cultures and civilizations g. Reform of the UN system h. Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament 4. Regional Issues 5. People to people, visibility, and future of ASEM B. Brussels Declaration on more effective global economic governance Source: ASEM Infoboard < org/page.phtml?code=summits> (accessed 10 July 2006, 12 March 2009, and 4 December 2011).